Common use of Class A Membership Clause in Contracts

Class A Membership. There shall be one Class A Membership in the Corporation (the “Class A Membership” and the holder thereof, the “Class A Member”), which Class A Membership shall be held by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CME Holdings”). It shall be a term and condition of such Class A Membership that such membership may not be transferred to or held by any person or entity other than CME Holdings unless authorized by an amendment to this Section B(1) of Article IV. Except to the extent (if any) expressly provided herein or required by law, the Class A Member shall have the right to vote on any matter to be voted on by the members of the Corporation other than on those matters expressly reserved to the vote of the holders of Series B-1 Memberships and Series B-2 Memberships (each as defined in Section B(2) of this Article IV) and shall have the exclusive right to receive any dividend or other distribution (including upon liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or otherwise) to be declared, paid or distributed by the Corporation, and no other member of or class or series of membership in the Corporation shall be entitled to vote on any matter except as set forth in Section D(2) or Section E of this Article IV or Article IX of this Certificate of Incorporation, or to receive any such dividend or other distribution.

Class A Membership. There shall be one Class A Membership in the Corporation (the “Class A Membership” and the holder thereof, the “Class A Member”), which Class A Membership shall be held by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings CME Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CME HoldingsGroup”). It shall be a term and condition of such Class A Membership that such membership may not be transferred to or held by any person or entity other than CME Holdings Group unless authorized by an amendment to this Section B(1) of Article IV. Except to the extent (if any) expressly provided herein or required by law, the Class A Member shall have the right to vote on any matter to be voted on by the members of the Corporation other than on those matters expressly reserved to the vote of the holders of Series B-1 Memberships and Series B-2 Memberships (each as defined in Section B(2) of this Article IV) and shall have the exclusive right to receive any dividend or other distribution (including upon liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or otherwise) to be declared, paid or distributed by the Corporation, and no other member of or class or series of membership in the Corporation shall be entitled to vote on any matter except as set forth in Section D(2) or Section E of this Article IV or Article IX of this Certificate of Incorporation, or to receive any such dividend or other distribution.